Sacred Scripture

2 Corinthians 6

1. 1 And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

2. 2 (for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

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3. 3 giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

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4. 4 but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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5. 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

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6. 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

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7. 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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8. 8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and [yet] true;

9. 9 as unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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10. 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.

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11. 11 Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

12. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.

13. 13 Now for a recompense in like kind (I speak as unto [my] children), be ye also enlarged.

14. 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

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15. 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?

16. 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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17. 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

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18. 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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